Jan 16, 2012 by Patrick Entenmann in Blog Tags: Graphite, graphite drawing, Graphite portrait, memorial, MP, pencil, pencil drawing, pencil portrait, portrait, posthumous, realistic, shading, uniform, values
With the added layers of graphite, I am now happy with the level of tone saturation. Throughout this portrait I have only used a brush to blend the graphite to try and get a soft focus effect without over blending. With a low resolution source picture I want to have some of the graininess the [...]
Jan 12, 2012 by Patrick Entenmann in Blog Tags: drawing, Graphite, graphite drawing, Graphite portrait, memorial, MP, pencil, pencil drawing, pencil portrait, portrait, posthumous, realistic, shading, uniform, values
With the face completed, I now move onto the uniform. I will add several layers of graphite until I get the right richness of tone I am seeking. Here you can see the beginning of the coat looks washed out and not in a correct value range to compliment the rest of the portrait. This [...]
Jan 10, 2012 by Patrick Entenmann in Blog Tags: Graphite, graphite drawing, Graphite portrait, memorial, MP, pencil, pencil drawing, pencil portrait, portrait, posthumous, realistic, shading, uniform, values
With the hat complete and the value range set I have continued to shade the face. Since this is a portrait from a low resolution photo and the picture will accommodate a less detailed overall appearance, the eyes are not as important as they are in most of my portraits. I can get away with [...]
Jan 6, 2012 by Patrick Entenmann in Blog Tags: drawing, Graphite, graphite drawing, Graphite portrait, memorial, MP, pencil, pencil drawing, pencil portrait, portrait, posthumous, realistic, shading, uniform, values
The image was transferred, and now I set to work establishing a the values of the portrait. It is easy to go too light when first starting a portrait on white paper. The graphite stands in stark contrast with the very bright paper. It takes some getting used to, to start with dark enough values. [...]
Jan 4, 2012 by Patrick Entenmann in Blog Tags: drawing, Graphite, graphite drawing, Graphite portrait, memorial, MP, pencil, pencil drawing, pencil portrait, portrait, posthumous, realistic, shading, uniform
Materials: Fabriano Artistico hotpress watercolor paper, Kimberly graphite in grades: h, b, 2b, 4b, and 9xxB, small angled taklon brush for blending, and matte fixative. This portrait is a posthumous portrait commissioned by the deceased son as a gift for his mother. I get a lot of memorial commissions of loved ones and I take [...]
